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Rank Prince at a number of the greatest songwriters of all time How would you rank Prince as one of the greatest songwriters of all time? I'm not exactly sure at what number but I would definitely have him in the top 10. Behind Stevie Wonder, Lennon/McCartney, Smokey Robinson, Lionel Richie, and Holland/Dozier/Holland. Peace and be wild! | |
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LoDog said: How would you rank Prince as one of the greatest songwriters of all time? I'm not exactly sure at what number but I would definitely have him in the top 10. Behind Stevie Wonder, Lennon/McCartney, Smokey Robinson, Lionel Richie, and Holland/Dozier/Holland.
In top three, definately, if not # 1  | |
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 OMG!! Not that I'm partial...oh, wait a minute, yes I am 
but without a doubt I would put Prince at Number 1!! Look at his catalog ..and just imagine the vault...  oh yes...#1!!! Life Sexy | |
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Aannastesia2 said: OMG!! Not that I'm partial...oh, wait a minute, yes I am
but without a doubt I would put Prince at Number 1!! Look at his catalog ..and just imagine the vault... oh yes...#1!!!The vault, I wonder what has been hiding in there all these years...   | |
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Obviusly ...Nº 1 for THE ONE Forever in my life... | |
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I'm a huge Prince fan and have been for 25 years. I love his music and most of his songs. Having said that, I would never put him in the top 10 songwriters. Not ever! Sure, he's written some very good songs and interesting songs, but he does not rank among the top 10.
As far as #1 - that's just laughable. Listen to some Dylan instead. | |
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Empress said: I'm a huge Prince fan and have been for 25 years. I love his music and most of his songs. Having said that, I would never put him in the top 10 songwriters. Not ever! Sure, he's written some very good songs and interesting songs, but he does not rank among the top 10.
As far as #1 - that's just laughable. Listen to some Dylan instead. I think this is a matter of personal taste. I honestly don't think Bob Dylan is a very good songwriter, in my opinion. | |
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LizaWoman08 said: Empress said: I'm a huge Prince fan and have been for 25 years. I love his music and most of his songs. Having said that, I would never put him in the top 10 songwriters. Not ever! Sure, he's written some very good songs and interesting songs, but he does not rank among the top 10.
As far as #1 - that's just laughable. Listen to some Dylan instead. I think this is a matter of personal taste. I honestly don't think Bob Dylan is a very good songwriter, in my opinion. In my experience, people who say this usually don't know anything about his work. On another thread there was someone who said the same thing at the same time as saying he only knew one Dylan song. Of course, I soon educated him and made him realise there were tons of songs he knew without realising Bob wrote them. But by then he'd already committed himself to a negative stance and so had to try and bluff it out.  “The man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them, inasmuch as he who knows nothing is nearer to truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.”
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LizaWoman08 said: Empress said: I'm a huge Prince fan and have been for 25 years. I love his music and most of his songs. Having said that, I would never put him in the top 10 songwriters. Not ever! Sure, he's written some very good songs and interesting songs, but he does not rank among the top 10.
As far as #1 - that's just laughable. Listen to some Dylan instead. I think this is a matter of personal taste. I honestly don't think Bob Dylan is a very good songwriter, in my opinion. Wow! Apparently Mr. Pulitzer disagrees with you. Sorry you don't get Bob. I couldn't live without his music. | |
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According to Last.fm, Prince is on 154. They like Robbie Williams better. And Oasis. And Coldplay. Talking about Music For The Masses.
The Beatles Radiohead Red Hot Chili Peppers U2 Linkin Park Coldplay Nirvana Muse Queen The Rolling Stones Pink Floyd Oasis Led Zeppelin David Bowie Foo Fighters The Smashing Pumpkins Guns N' Roses Metallica R.E.M. Pearl Jam Green Day The Killers The White Stripes Incubus Bob Dylan Placebo Weezer Queens of the Stone Age Nine Inch Nails System of a Down The Doors AC/DC Jimi Hendrix Bruce Springsteen Aerosmith Evanescence Rage Against the Machine The Cure Fall Out Boy Blink-182 Bon Jovi The Who The Strokes Marilyn Manson Avril Lavigne Nickelback Beck Dave Matthews Band The Offspring Elvis Presley Depeche Mode My Chemical Romance KoRn Franz Ferdinand The Cranberries Arctic Monkeys Johnny Cash Blur Pixies Gorillaz Counting Crows Limp Bizkit Alanis Morissette Jimmy Eat World 3 Doors Down Tenacious D Bloc Party Lenny Kravitz The Beach Boys Rammstein Kings of Leon The Velvet Underground The Police Paramore The Kinks Eric Clapton Dire Straits Audioslave Garbage Maroon 5 Santana Papa Roach Sting John Lennon HIM Bloodhound Gang Modest Mouse Bryan Adams Tool Neil Young Deep Purple Jeff Buckley No Doubt Tom Waits Creedence Clearwater Revival Snow Patrol Ramones Good Charlotte Die Ärzte Iron Maiden Lostprophets Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 30 Seconds to Mars Brand New Deftones Death Cab for Cutie The Smiths John Mayer AFI A Perfect Circle Jack Johnson Sum 41 Sublime Madonna The Flaming Lips Elton John Fleetwood Mac Stereophonics Panic! At the Disco The Hives The Verve Goo Goo Dolls Frank Zappa Cake Slipknot Keane Taking Back Sunday Interpol Staind Michael Jackson Simon & Garfunkel Alice in Chains Coheed and Cambria Eagles Bob Marley Manic Street Preachers Faith No More Beastie Boys Pink Scorpions Robbie Williams KISS Elvis Costello Black Sabbath Simple Plan Barenaked Ladies Dashboard Confessional Disturbed Ryan Adams Lou Reed Guano Apes Dream Theater The Mars Volta Prince |
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HamsterHuey said: According to Last.fm, Prince is on 154. They like Robbie Williams better. And Oasis. And Coldplay. Talking about Music For The Masses.
The Beatles Radiohead Red Hot Chili Peppers U2 Linkin Park Coldplay Nirvana Muse Queen The Rolling Stones Pink Floyd Oasis Led Zeppelin David Bowie Foo Fighters The Smashing Pumpkins Guns N' Roses Metallica R.E.M. Pearl Jam Green Day The Killers The White Stripes Incubus Bob Dylan Placebo Weezer Queens of the Stone Age Nine Inch Nails System of a Down The Doors AC/DC Jimi Hendrix Bruce Springsteen Aerosmith Evanescence Rage Against the Machine The Cure Fall Out Boy Blink-182 Bon Jovi The Who The Strokes Marilyn Manson Avril Lavigne Nickelback Beck Dave Matthews Band The Offspring Elvis Presley Depeche Mode My Chemical Romance KoRn Franz Ferdinand The Cranberries Arctic Monkeys Johnny Cash Blur Pixies Gorillaz Counting Crows Limp Bizkit Alanis Morissette Jimmy Eat World 3 Doors Down Tenacious D Bloc Party Lenny Kravitz The Beach Boys Rammstein Kings of Leon The Velvet Underground The Police Paramore The Kinks Eric Clapton Dire Straits Audioslave Garbage Maroon 5 Santana Papa Roach Sting John Lennon HIM Bloodhound Gang Modest Mouse Bryan Adams Tool Neil Young Deep Purple Jeff Buckley No Doubt Tom Waits Creedence Clearwater Revival Snow Patrol Ramones Good Charlotte Die Ärzte Iron Maiden Lostprophets Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 30 Seconds to Mars Brand New Deftones Death Cab for Cutie The Smiths John Mayer AFI A Perfect Circle Jack Johnson Sum 41 Sublime Madonna The Flaming Lips Elton John Fleetwood Mac Stereophonics Panic! At the Disco The Hives The Verve Goo Goo Dolls Frank Zappa Cake Slipknot Keane Taking Back Sunday Interpol Staind Michael Jackson Simon & Garfunkel Alice in Chains Coheed and Cambria Eagles Bob Marley Manic Street Preachers Faith No More Beastie Boys Pink Scorpions Robbie Williams KISS Elvis Costello Black Sabbath Simple Plan Barenaked Ladies Dashboard Confessional Disturbed Ryan Adams Lou Reed Guano Apes Dream Theater The Mars Volta Prince LOL Green day is before Prince, that's too funny | |
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Empress said: LizaWoman08 said: I think this is a matter of personal taste. I honestly don't think Bob Dylan is a very good songwriter, in my opinion. Wow! Apparently Mr. Pulitzer disagrees with you. Sorry you don't get Bob. I couldn't live without his music. Naw it's fine, we all have our own personal taste. I could say that MJ was a great songwriter and people would disagree either or laugh. That doesnt bother me. | |
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I love a lot of musicians and their songs...Prince is number one in my heart. "The Lion Sleeps Tonight... | |
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